Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. Here is another set of SSC CGL/FCI AG-III and Postal Assistant GK Quiz on Indian History.
1. Who signed the Treaty of Pune on the 13th June 1817?
(a) Daulat Rao Schindhia
(b) Baji Rao II
(c) Appa Saheb
(d) Malhar Rao Holkar


2. Which one of the following founded the ‘Atmiya Sabha’?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Devendra Nath Tagore
(c) Swami Vivekanand
(d) Akshay Kumar Dutt


3. First decisive military success of English East India Company in india is marked by
(a) Battle of Buxar
(b) Battle of Plassey
(c) Battle of Wandiwash
(d) Battle of Chilianwala


4. Which one of the following wars was ended by the treaty of madras ?
(a) First Carnatic war
(b) Second Carnatic war
(c) First Mysore war
(d) Second Mysore war


5. The treaty of Amritsar was concluded between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and who of the following?
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Hastings
(d) Lord Minto


6. Which one of the following had drafted the Hindu Widows Remarriage Act ?
(a) Lord Canning
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Hardinge
(d) None of these


7. Who among the following had started the Public Works
Department in India in 1848?
(a) Lord William Bentinck
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Cornwallis


8. In the permanent settlement, the share of Zamindar stood at
(a) 1/4
(b) 1/6
(c) 1/11
(d) ½


9. The first tribal group which rose against the British was
(a) Kolarian
(b) Mundas
(c) Khasis
(d) Santhals


10. In which year, Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj?
(a) 1822
(b) 1828
(c) 1830
(d) 1833


11. Who was the father of Civil Service?
(a) Lord Minto
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Cornwallis


12. The first Englishman to acquire the knowledge of Sanskrit was
(a) James Princep
(b) Sir William Jones
(c) Charles Wilkins
(d) Max Muller


13. Which one among the following states was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse?
(a) Hydarabad
(b) Jhansi
(c) Sambalpur
(d) Satara


14. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
(a) Lord Clive
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Hastings


15. Who among the following was the first Governor General of India?
(a) Robert Clive
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Wellesley


16. Which Governor General had abolished slavery in India?
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Ellenborough


17. Who among the following was founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal?
(a) J.A. Hickey
(b) Max. Muller
(c) Lord Willkins
(d) William Jones


18. Ram Mohan Roy was given the title of Raja by
(a) Lord William Bentinck
(b) Akbar II
(c) Followers of Brahma Samaj
(d) Intellectuals opposing the custom of Sati


19. The Brahmo Samaj is based on the principle of
(a) Monotheism
(b) Polytheism
(c) Atheism
(d) Monism


20. Who among the following formulated and implemented the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?
(a) Lord Wellesley
(b) Lord Clive
(c) Lord Hastings
(d) Lord Dalhousie




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2. Francisco/Dixit
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